If they're so heavily guarded....how in the hell are they even allowed to tell what's going on???? Just seems weird to me that they are saying anything if they can't even use the toilet without permission.

I guess the rest of us can learn an important lesson from all this. Be prepared to get out of Dodge ASAP if the SHTF in your area. Do not stay and wait for assistance. The longer you wait, the worse it will get for you. Leave all your shit behind, except for that box of irreplaceable family photos and videos, and of course all your important documents, essential clothing, and survival gear. Make sure everything you need to take (not want to take)would fit in the trunk of your car.

And have a plan already in place as to where you would go - relatives or friends out of your area, or even out of your state, and even some campgrounds along the way.

The thing is, waiting like a baby bird in your messed up nest for mama bird (government) to come take care of you is asking for trouble.

"Arrows of hate have been shot at me too, but they never hit me, because somehow they belonged to another world, with which I have no connection whatsoever." - Albert Einstein

If they have relatives they should go there. If they work and no relatives are close..their work should set up a place for them to stay and be able to go back and forth to work. Do they not have friends at work either? Only as a last resort to stay in some tent camp etc. If they don't work there is no reason they cant be put up in a hotel..even if that hotel/motel rental house etc is out of state.

huh....ever been in a homeless shelter? ...oh right, no, you're rich as fuck.

gov runs this shit the same way in day to day homeless shelters. gotta show id, gotta log in and out, gotta be accounted for, always on camera, gotta live by curfews, etc.

welcome to the reality hundreds of thousands live on a daily basis in non-disaster areas. and MANY of them were hard-working people who got fucked by the real estate bubble bursting, who lost jobs due to outsourcing, who YOU thumb your nose at but whom deserve respect and compassion, yet are treated like SHIT in their hour of need.

The mini city has no cigarettes, no books, no magazines, no board games, no TVs, and no newspapers or radios. On Friday night, in front of the mess hall, which was serving fried chicken and out-of-the-box, just-add-water potatoes, a child was dancing and dancing — to nothing. “We’re starting to lose it,” said Decamp. “But we have nowhere else to go.”

The mini city has no cigarettes, no books, no magazines, no board games, no TVs, and no newspapers or radios. On Friday night, in front of the mess hall, which was serving fried chicken and out-of-the-box, just-add-water potatoes, a child was dancing and dancing — to nothing. “We’re starting to lose it,” said Decamp. “But we have nowhere else to go.”

huh....ever been in a homeless shelter? ...oh right, no, you're rich as fuck.

gov runs this shit the same way in day to day homeless shelters. gotta show id, gotta log in and out, gotta be accounted for, always on camera, gotta live by curfews, etc.

welcome to the reality hundreds of thousands live on a daily basis in non-disaster areas. and MANY of them were hard-working people who got fucked by the real estate bubble bursting, who lost jobs due to outsourcing, who YOU thumb your nose at but whom deserve respect and compassion, yet are treated like SHIT in their hour of need.

Inside the giant billowy white tents, the massive klieg lights glare down from the ceiling all night long. The air is loud with the buzz of generators pumping out power. The post-storm housing — a refugee camp on the grounds of the Monmouth Park racetrack – is in lockdown, with security guards at every door, including the showers.

No one is allowed to go anywhere without showing their I.D. Even to use the bathroom, “you have to show your badge,” said Amber Decamp, a 22-year-old whose rental was washed away in Seaside Heights, New Jersey.

Also, where are these people's families to help them? Yet another disaster in the making of societies with no community/family bonds.

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 27589394

Exactly,I would never let my family endure this although their may be some with no one to turn to,we as a nation should create a "adopt a family" plan.also the money donated should be watched closely and accounted for ,I personally donated to the salvation army NOT the red cross,their salaries are too high...on us.

Quoting: Kootsweet

If you werent smart enough to evacuate when they said evacuate, i wouldnt adopt you.

The woman should be thankful their are guards everywhere and that there are fences so that lurkers or worse can't come and go as they please.

Boardgames? Did these people think they were going to the Hilton. Shouldn't THEY have brought their own in their BOB's or something?

It's obvious that so many people never had to make do just to survive which is a good thing,they should be thankful for the life they normally get to lead instead of whining about this temporary situation that provides food and shelter for them. They can leave if they are not happy.

Also, where are these people's families to help them? Yet another disaster in the making of societies with no community/family bonds.

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 27589394

Exactly,I would never let my family endure this although their may be some with no one to turn to,we as a nation should create a "adopt a family" plan.also the money donated should be watched closely and accounted for ,I personally donated to the salvation army NOT the red cross,their salaries are too high...on us.

Quoting: Kootsweet

If you werent smart enough to evacuate when they said evacuate, i wouldnt adopt you.

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 2114169

O COME ON!.....I am talking about the people who did evacuate,to shelters,who lost their homes and everything they owned,the shelters couldn't keep them ,they were in school gyms....geez.